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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 54, 1231-1235, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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The Nissen fundoplication

FH Ellis Jr
New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

The most commonly employed antireflux operation is the Nissen fundoplication. However, its origin and subsequent modifications are rarely defined. These aspects of the operation are reviewed in this article as are the results currently obtainable with the modern version of the operative procedure.

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